self-finance

verb

self-fi·​nance ˌself-fə-ˈnan(t)s 

-ˈfī-ˌnan(t)s,

-fī-ˈnan(t)s

self-financed; self-financing; self-finances

1

transitive : to raise or provide funds or capital for (something) oneself : to finance (something) oneself

Sherzan self-financed much of his primary campaign, putting in more than $640,000 of his own money.

—Kathie Obradovich

2

intransitive : to furnish or provide oneself with necessary funds or capital

They lack the resources to self-finance until they have built a big enough operation.

—Patrick Kennedy

Examples of self-finance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Swift and her team self-financed the $15 million film that went on to gross $180.8 million domestically and $80.9 million overseas for a total of $261.1 million. —Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024

The enterprise is being self-financed by the two brothers and their families without loans. —Gary Stern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

According to Collider, Trap’s $30 million production budget before prints and advertising was self-financed by Shyamalan, who also wrote the film. —Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

The Burbank studio self-financed the transaction with cash on its balance sheet and did not use outside funding, Legendary said Monday. —Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined at sense 1